Glanycummane Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Tullylease, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Gleann Uí Chomáin Uachtarach
- Area
- 133.1 ha
- 329 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 7,174 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glanycummane Upper, from 151 m² to 381,044 m² (38.1 ha, 94.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Glanycummane Upper in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
25 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct an agricultural storage shed incorporating hay bale storage area, stables, feed & tack room
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4773
10 Mar 2025Incompleted application
Permission to construct an agricultural storage shed incorporating hay bale storage area, stables, feed & tack room
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4413
13 Feb 2025Incompleted application
Permission to construct an agricultural storage shed incorporating hay bale storage area, stables, feed & tack room
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4203
25 Oct 2018Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic wastewater treatment system, entrance and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6832
1 Oct 2014Conditional
Construction of agricultural entrance, machinery shed, loose house, slatted unit and associated effluent storage tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6107
14 May 2014Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house with packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, domestic garage, domestic well and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4985
7 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted dairy unit, slatted beef house and soiled water tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5734
16 Nov 2006Withdrawn
Cattle shed and associated slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12357
7 Jun 2005Conditional
Domestic garage/dog kennel
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3909
10 Aug 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/6094
19 Jul 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5538
18 May 2004Conditional
Dwelling and treatment unit
Approval · Cork County Council, 04/3425
19 Feb 2004Conditional
Bungalow and effluent treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/990
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glanycummane Upper.
Recorded monuments
- CO006-069 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing, c. 16m ENE of well. Partially overgrown oval mound of burnt material (23.9m ESE-WNW; 15.5m NNE-SSW; H 0.4m). Surface of mound uneven. Second fulacht fiadh (10841) c. 100m to SE; third (10842) c. 210m to SW; fourth (10843) c. 130m to SSE and fifth (10844) c. 140m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO006-070 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Partially overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (16.8m SSE-NNW; 14.2m WSW-ENE; H 0.55m); opening (Wth 3.5m) faces WSW. NE edge of mound cut by cattle track. One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (10840, 10842, 10843, 10844). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO015-008 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 250m N of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (10840, 10841, 10843, 10844). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO015-009001 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (9.9m NW-SE; 7m ENE-WSW; H 0.55m); opening (Wth 2.2m) faces ENE. One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (10840, 10841, 10842, 10844). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO015-009002 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Partially overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (15.4m ENE-WSW; 15.1m NW-SE; H 0.8m); opening (Wth 3.5m) faces NNW. One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (10840, 10841, 10842, 10843). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glanycummane Upper.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_603 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Glanycummane Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Glanycummane Upper · Gleann Uí Chomáin Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,330,565 m² (133.06 ha, 328.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullylease, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Allow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Allow electoral division: 523 people in 191 households; 88% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Curraleagh, Glanycummane Lower, Knockilly, Knockskehy, Muckenagh, Toorard
- Placenames
- Glanycummane Upper on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.